This week's IAA Transportation in Hannover gave the fleet industry one of its clearest views yet of where commercial vehicles are heading.
IAA Transportation showed commercial vehicles becoming software defined as OEMs and suppliers build connectivity and intelligence into the vehicle itself.
Read the full articleFactory fitted vehicle connectivity is becoming a strategic competitor to aftermarket telematics hardware as OEM data sources expand.
Read the full articleMercedes-Benz says eActros 600 trucks have accumulated more than 160 million customer kilometres, shifting the EV discussion towards operations.
Read the full articleMercedes-Benz Trucks has sent an eActros 600 on a planned 45,000 kilometre global demonstration across about 30 countries.
Read the full articleNvidia is supporting Einride's autonomous electric truck scaling as autonomous freight begins forming a broader operating ecosystem.
Read the full articleBolt and Lucid plan to deploy at least 25,000 robotaxis across Europe, showing how autonomy creates a fleet management challenge at scale.
Read the full articleHERE's IAA routing work points towards AI-enabled commercial navigation that balances safety, cost, energy, compliance and delivery performance.
Read the full articleZF's trailer braking and connectivity technology shows trailer data becoming part of a richer connected vehicle and cargo dataset.
Read the full articleZF's MAXX Uniper brake links Euro 7 emissions requirements, braking performance and the broader digital safety architecture of commercial vehicles.
Read the full articleZF's TraXon Hybrid award underlines why fleet platforms may need to support battery electric, hydrogen, hybrid and combustion powertrains together.
Read the full articleNumber of the week: 160 million kilometres of eActros 600 customer operation, plus a 45,000 kilometre global demonstration now underway.
Read the full articleUAE-based FMSi has secured growth capital as fleet technology investment becomes increasingly global.
Read the full articleFive signals from IAA Transportation 2026: software defined vehicles, electric truck operations, AI routing, trailer intelligence and autonomy ecosystems.
Read the full articleIf every new commercial vehicle comes connected, the winning fleet technology company may own the intelligence layer rather than the device.
Read the full articleWatch how quickly large fleets begin using factory fitted vehicle connectivity instead of aftermarket hardware.
160 million customer kilometres provides an increasingly useful dataset for understanding real world electric truck performance.
Nvidia is becoming an increasingly important infrastructure provider behind multiple autonomous vehicle programmes.
Expect trailer telematics to become much more closely integrated with tractor data.
The battle to become the intelligence layer sitting above multiple OEMs, vehicles and powertrains is accelerating.
This may be one of the most important strategic questions facing the fleet technology industry.
Read the full viewIf yes, why?
If no, what would you expect your fleet technology provider to deliver instead?
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